Commentary: We're Still Waiting on Biden's World Leadership as China and Russia Team Up for Huge Moon Project

During his campaign, President 👤Joe Biden promised that America would be a world leader under his administration. A new coalition between two of the United States’ adversaries suggests that this promise is already beginning to fall apart.

According to Germany’s DW News, Russia and China have agreed in principle to construct a joint lunar space station. Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said the station will be a “complex of experimental research facilities created on the surface and/or in the orbit of the moon.”

“The Chinese have grown a lot in recent years, we respect their results, and in principle they are a worthy partner for us,” Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said.

China and Russia are two of the most powerful countries in the world, and they also happen to be adversaries of the United States. Their decision to team up in a new sphere should be worrisome for American citizens.

In addition, DW reported that the two countries have been in talks to strengthen ties since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. That suggests that China may have supported Russia’s imperial move.

Biden said during his campaign that America would serve as a beacon of hope for the rest of the world.

“American leadership, backed by clear goals and sound strategies, is necessary to effectively address the defining global challenges of our time,” his campaign website said.